The ATS Live Safety programme
Andrew Purchase, Operations Support Manager at Advanced
Technology Services (“ATS”) in the UK provides an insight into the
company’s new programme for Health & Safety in the workplace.
“Our teams work daily within dangerous industrial

Our new programme Plan for Zero which is being

environments and we should never forget this.

introduced at sites across the UK during 2014 is

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intended to transform the way we think about

Technology Service is recognised regularly for our

safety, as individuals and as a team. The basic

lower than average incident and accident rates

premise is of course that we must Plan for Zero

we want to ensure that continues.

­ zero accidents, zero incidents ­ a tall order in

Every employee, customer and stakeholder that

our sector but one that we believe with the right

we work with understands that no accident or

approach we can achieve.

injury is acceptable to us as a company, or us
as individuals.

Historically, safety at ATS, as in many other
organisations, has been driven by a non­compliant

Live Safety is our leading cultural commitment

approach. This means we have historically made

not just as a matter of compliance or to make

people ‘do safety’ ­ we have insisted people

our customers like us more, it is because we truly

attend safety training, identify risks and manage

believe that the safety of our teams ­ our friends ­

incidents in a particular way. Our new approach,

our colleagues is the most important obligation

the Plan for Zero approach will be to focus on

for us when performing our business.

individual behaviours and ownership.

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Each of our sites is unique, different products,

If you would like more information on

different machines and different operators.

this programme please contact me

The Plan for Zero will take ownership of Health

apurchas@advancedtech.com.

& Safety not only down to the site level, but to
the individual level.
Each site has been set the objective of
developing their own Opportunity Statement.
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environment within which it will be applied.
The diagram shows the continuous improvement
cycle of the Plan for Zero and how it will operate
from strategy through to deployment.
At the heart of the campaign is individual
ownership and a desire to change behaviours.

Andrew Purchase
Operations Support Manager

We really want each individual in the
organisation to consistently consider and be
aware of how their actions impact on their
safety and the safety of those they work with.â&#x20AC;?

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Live safety
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HAZARD

OF THE MONTH

WINNERS

January Hazard of
the Month Winner
Timothy Austin, Technician, Eaton Havant
Tim was observing a machine running during a
planned maintenance activity and noticed that
at the rear of the machine there was a hole large
enough to get a hand into. Within this hole was the
end of a rotating shaft, which rotated when the
machine was running. There were three threaded
holes around the hole which indicated that at
some point a guard or cover had been present,
but was not there now. Tim spoke to ATS Health

Before

and Safety representatives who spoke to Rick
Lyford at Eaton. The machine was immediately
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This observant behavior ensured that a near miss
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downtime for the customer.

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After

February Hazard of
the Month Winner
Stefan Korn, Eaton Havant
The winner of the February Hazard of the Month
was Stefan Korn who is also based at Eaton Havant.
Stefan noticed that a heavy SWA supply cable
(which was far too long) was supported on the
bus bar above machinery by a few thin tie wraps,
the unsupported weight of the long cable was

support and running a separate earth wire to the

pulling the cable out of the gland, this meant that

wash plant? Understanding that even a temporary

there was a danger that the steel armour would

installation must not compromise safety Stefan

get pulled out of the gland leaving the wash plant

ensured there was appropriate supervision during

without earthing arrangement (not a good situation

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at a wash plant).

potential incidents.

Stefan questioned that even though it is only a

As this equipment is scheduled to be relocated

temporary installation, it should be supported

within the next 10足days and will be installed by

properly, this would mean building a proper

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hazard and asked if this can be corrected.

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Delight

Storyboards improve Customer Communication
Eric Martin our UK Area Manager, talks
about why the Storyboards are making
such a big impact on site.

You may have heard the term Storyboard around
site over recent months. These are a fantastic
new tool that we have introduced to improve
communication both internally, with our customers
and even potential customers. The storyboards
show our journey, and commitment to, continuous
improvement and track demonstrable value.
The Storyboards pull together in one presentation
what is happening and is due to happen on each
site. They are important as we are only as good as
our customers perceive us to be and as engineers
and mechanics we are not always the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best
at shouting about our achievements.
By improving our customer communication we

Eric Martin, Area Manager

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will improve our relationships on site with both the

customers

management teams and site operators. Many of
us working at ATS undertake numerous continuous
improvement activities on a daily basis. It is part of
how we operate.
The Storyboards keep a track of the critical
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improvements that we identify and make, so that
they can be acknowledged and appreciated at
a site wide level.
In a service orientated business communication is
critical to the success of our relationships and ongoing
engagement and we believe this simple process will
help us delight our customers and stakeholders.
A sample of the Storyboard from Caterpillar
Wolverhampton are included opposite.

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Developing
people
We Heard You Loud and Clear
Holly Mosack, our new Director of
Employee Communications looks at
what has been happening since last
years Employee Engagement Survey.
In last year’s “Voice of the Employee” Engagement
Survey, when our employees were asked,
“If you could offer one suggestion to make
ATS a better place to work, what would it be?”
communications ranked third in the list.
Our employees want to know what is going
on at ATS in a timely manner and they want to
understand the rationale behind the decisions.
So in the 2014 Strategic Action Plan, the executive
team responded to the engagement survey by
naming “Employee Communications” as a Key
Thrust and gave me the opportunity to lead this
initiative. Here are the four components of the
employee communications strategy:

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1. Connect employees to the
information and people that will
enable them to perform their best.
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helping employees understand
their impact on the success of ATS.
3. Cultivate leaders into strong
communicators by providing
them with the necessary tools
and training.
4. Champion authentic, relevant and
meaningful two­way channels of
communication.

Here’s a few of the things we have begun

The UK team has done such a fantastic job with

since January. We gave our Facebook page

their newsletter that ATS is adopting this technique

a “facelift.” https://www.facebook.com/

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end of March. Thanks UK for leading the way!

As ATS grows, it’s important for us to maintain our
culture. Through our Facebook page, you’ll see our
culture across the world. It’s updated daily and
features a different site each week, so make sure
you “like and follow” the page so you can get
information in real­time and comment too.

ATS is a great place to work with
amazing people and it’s time we
share that with everyone!
Holly Mosack ­ Director of Employee Communications

Our managers receive numerous emails and it’s
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we have streamlined our approach and now
send a one­page weekly management summary
to all managers. These summaries share business
information and help keep them on top of things
that need to be done.

The Turmat machine at Eaton Havant
The voice of the customer was to carry out a deep
clean on the Turmat, and ensure robust and relevant
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were achieved and the event allowed us to Nurture
our Relationship with the Customer through effective
teamwork and investigation.
Together, the team highlighted and eliminated 7
health and safety hazards, reviewed and updated
two PM schedules and raised 15 pro足active work
orders 足 14 of which were closed during the event.

The event was a huge success and Eaton
were delighted with the results.

This created a hazardous environment and also led
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a short term, low cost containment solution.
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Ian Mason, recently developed a solution for the
397 & 396 Bentley test rigs at Eaton Brierley Hill.
These rigs test Bentley Tubes for leakages before they
are supplied to the Customer. They are an essential
piece of equipment and any downtime can seriously
affect production.
The test rigs operate in a controlled environment due
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disposing of the waste accordingly. He then packed
the boxes tightly with corrugated cardboard and
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the weekend outside of production hours. This was
a great example of our Cultural commitments ‘Drive
Innovation’ and ‘Delight Customers’.

Demonstrate
leadership
Attracting the right team
Andrea McDonald Recruitment Advisor

We would like to introduce Andrea
McDonald, who has just joined us as
the HR Recruitment Advisor, and will
be responsible for the end to end
recruitment process across all sites.
She provides here an insight into
why we need to attract the right
candidates.

Our aim is to recruit candidates who not only

â&#x20AC;&#x153;By attracting and retaining the right candidates,

tools. Applying this approach provides candidates

ATS can ensure leadership is continually

with the best platform to evidence their skills, and

demonstrated from the top down.

enables hiring managers to assess these skills fairly

Recruitment is a vital component in achieving

and consistently.

the planned business growth and development

I believe demonstrating leadership is not limited to

we are looking to achieve at ATS, and becomes

those with managerial responsibilities, but is a quality

especially valuable when succession planning,

that every colleague has the ability to exhibit.â&#x20AC;?

have the desired technical skills and knowledge,
but to actively source and bring onÂ­board those
who are prepared to embrace the ATS cultural
commitments, and who currently display role
model behaviour.
My vision is for ATS to have a streamlined and
standardised recruitment and selection process
which utilises varied resourcing methods and

therefore by selecting only the highest calibre
of candidates now, we are furnishing ourselves
with a pipeline of committed, skilled, and expert
leaders for the future.

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COST SAVING
OF THE MONTH

Top Cost Savers 2013
We would like to congratulate the following employees for their
excellent efforts and engagement with cost savings throughout 2013.
2013 Top Savers by Value

1st place – Stefan Korn

3rd place – Mike Ford

2nd place – Ross Tolliday

2013 Top savers by Engagement

1st place – Phil Millership

2nd place – Mark West

3rd place – Karen Mattingly

This is an excellent example of living our cultural commitments.
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We have started 2014 with some impressive achievements
at each of our sites across the UK.
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excellent Kaizen event driven by the client. Mark

in customer satisfaction levels at Caterpillar

West was the ATS representative on the Kaizen.

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projects which have resulted in over ÂŁ150k of

of a high standard and there is clear ownership

savings for our customer.

within the area to sustain standards.
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completed their risk assessment training and a
recent safety engagement event showed the
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The team at Eaton Havant received the
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ATS
Global
Introducing our new Director
of Employee Communications
­ Holly Mosack
I have been with ATS for 8 years and am excited
to be in my new role as the Director of Employee
Communications. I received my collegiate
degree in Broadcast Journalism and served as a
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in the US Army, so it’s great to be in a role where
I can use some of those skills I learned years ago
(NOT the special operations skills… the other stuff).
Communicating is one of the most important
things we do every day, yet it’s also something
we can easily screw up ­ at least that’s what my
husband tells me. So often we make the wrong
assumption that our employees already know
something, or that they don’t care about

you stay in the loop, etc. And, hopefully I’ll
pick up some UK jargon along the way!

what we’re doing in our communities – you name

Please feel free to give me feedback, tell me some

it! So that’s what I have the pleasure of now

great news to share on Facebook, or any other

doing – giving public recognition, helping

ideas on how we can better communicate at ATS.

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Advanced Technology
Services Buys Top Technical
Training Company in the USA
Advanced Technology Services, Inc.
(ATS) announced the acquisition of Learn
Maintenance, Inc., a nationally recognized
training company specializing in technical

Learn Maintenance’s more than 300 training
simulators will be absorbed by ATS and include
advanced training modules for PLC and CNC
controls as well as electrical, mechanical and
hydraulic training assets. ATS will continue to
offer advanced training services to Learn
Maintenance’s existing customer bases as well
to ATS’ current customer base.

training for complex manufacturing.
Learn Maintenance has successfully provided
advanced technical training for highly
automated manufacturing for many years with
a special emphasis on production assets that use
electronic and industrial motor drives, PLC and
CNC controls. Learn Maintenance has also earned
a leadership role in developing skills in mechanical
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training footprint and provide a broader curriculum
including more advanced training for ATS’ 2,000
plus front­line technicians as well as allowing ATS’

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to offer this expanded service offering to others

Advanced Technology Services

seeking a source for advanced technical training.
According to Jeff Owens, President of Advanced
Technology Services, “Not only does this increase
ATS’ ability to provide state­of­the­art training for
our technicians, but it allows us to offer needed
training to manufacturing companies.” Citing the
lack of apprentice programs, underfund training
budgets coupled with the retiring Baby­Boom
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a stronger product offering that complements
our outsourced maintenance business both
domestically and internationally.”

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Did you know that there is a ÂŁ1000 bonus available to all
staff for the successful introduction of new business?
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Purchase’s Puzzle
I am pleased to announce last months winner was Emily Matthews
For your chance to win a £25 Amazon Voucher, take part in
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just let us know what it is and where it is from and you will be in
to win. Please send your answers to gturner@advancedtech.
com on or before the 25 April 2014.

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Winner ­ Emily Matthews

1

This vehicle was designed by Maurice Wilkes and launched in 1948. It was
originally given the name the Centre Steer!

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Name this iconic product which since its launch in 2007 has sold over 450 million units.
The product involves 200 patents and 156 suppliers across 3 continents.

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Which company owns the fastest whisky bottling line in the world and manufactures
the well­known brands Famous Grouse, Cutty Sark and The Macallan?

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Who is the world’s largest manufacturer of phones and smartphones?

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In which country was the energy drink Red Bull originally manufactured and distributed?

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Who said “whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you are probably right?

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Which company was initially established in 1911 in New Jersey in a small
workshop manufacturing truck wheel axles. It now has over 102,000 employees
and a turnover of over $22 billion?